Bio, Tech and Beyond’s website calls the lab a hybrid: part science educator, part biotech start up accelerator. It’s a leap of faith on the part of the City of Carlsbad and co-founder Joseph Jackson. “We have multiple objectives. I like to talk in terms of democratizing science but also demystifying it and even domesticating biology,” Jackson said. Jackson has a vision of creating a space where trained scientists can conduct their own “hopefully” breakthrough research and ordinary citizens can come to learn about molecular biology and how to conduct experiments. He convinced the City of Carlsbad it would be an investment to lease this building to the incubator for a dollar a year.